Winter Instant Pot Recipes: Quick & Easy Ideas in 50 Minutes or Less!

Now, more than ever, we need to get healthy, comfort meals on our table in less time.  That’s where the benefits of pressure cooking in an Instant Pot come in!   Pressure cooking locks in heat and steam to ensure food cooks much faster (70% in fact), saving time and energy.  The Instant Pot range is also SA’s only smart cooker with 18/08 stainless steel inner pot which retains heat, so your food stays warm for hours.  Plus it means you can plan around the load shedding schedule and ensure food is still warm when you serve it!

Instant Pot is the world’s best selling smart pressure cooker, combining 7 common kitchen appliances into 1.  It’s a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, sauté pan, warmer and yoghurt maker, conveniently packaged into one neat appliance.  Instant Pot opens up a world of culinary inspiration and convenience, even on busy week nights, because it allows you to cook healthy food fast. 

With an Instant Pot on your counter, a comforting winter stew, curry or bean soup, can now be ready in 40 minutes from start to finish, with no standing around stirring on a hot stove.  Dad’s will also be thrilled to use Instant Pot when they realise how it takes their favourite meals to new heights – ribs which melt in your mouth, a potjie with depth of flavour in one hour, lamb shanks and oxtail are simple and easy to prepare at a touch of a button. 

Get your favourite dishes on the go and then get on with other things: homework, bathtime, exercise or a chance to catch up with a podcast or book. 

These are our favourite recipes for Autumn and Winter: 

Perfect risotto in 15 minutes (no stirring)
Fall-off-the-bone lamb shank in 50 minutes Pressure Cook time
Coconut chicken curry, 5 mins Pressure Cook time
Oxtail falling off the bone in just 40 mins Pressure Cook time

Why choose an Instant Pot?

Versatile and easy to use.  You can make almost anything in an Instant Pot.  With just a push of a button, you can try your hand at homemade yogurt, ricotta, cheesecakes, steamed puddings, cakes and more.  Durable 18/8 stainless steel inner pot and no chemical coatings in sight. 

There is an endless supply of inspiration and support from Instant Pot recipe sharing communities around the world.   Visit Facebook and Instagram for more!

Shop the Instant Pot range from @home stores, online at Bash and Yuppiechef